Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content of Collection
Descriptive Summary
Title: Harriette Carr Von Breton Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1944-1978
Collection Number: SBHC Mss 8
Creator:
von Breton, Harriette Carr
Extent:
.8 linear feet
(2 document boxes)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
Physical Location: Del Sur
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
Harriette Carr Von Breton Papers. SBHC Mss 8. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Undetermined.
Biography
Much of the following information is drawn from the See
Santa Barbara News Press obituary, Sept. 6, 1998:
Harriette Carr von Breton (1910-1998) was an architectural historian and
Santa Barbara News-Press art critic. In the 1950s she and journalist Chet Huntley shared a Peabody award for the ABC radio show "Parlor Politics."
She was involved in a number of civic and political interests in Los Angeles and later, after she moved to Santa Barbara,
was a member of the Santa Barbara Clean Air and Water Commission and the Citizens Planning Commission.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains files relating to various civic and political issues, 1940s to 1970s, including the 1969 Santa Barbara
Oil Spill.